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Originally Posted by Gabriel013
I've been reading through the last article. Thanks so much for those links. They're appreciated.
I find p13 (of their document, not the pdf) interesting:
"Taboo themes are acceptable, but not if their treatment is likely to encourage harm to viewers or, through their behaviour, to society."
How the hell does some stuffy old group of people in a back room somewhere know if what they are rating will do the above? There still isn't any clear scientific study showing that violent or sexual games have any lasting effect on an individual.
I think passing material through the BBFC for classification is great as it provides a guidline to the public but they should NOT be overstepping their remit and telling me, as an adult, that certain material is unsuitable and might harm my mind. I'll be the judge of that thank you very much.
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That is the exact reason why they can't let (in their eyes) this material out. If there is still a possibility that it could cause harm to certain individuals then they, as a governing body of censorship working on behalf of the British public, have a duty to protect us from said material. Its not just a group of spiteful old men deciding its harmful; they have a job to do where they cant really take risks, just imagine if it were proven that games can/do have an affect (however unlikely I personally believe that to be), then they would be put at blame for it.
You cant really blame them for blocking certain material when, as you said yourself, it cant be proven whether it affects people or not.